Raúl Ruiz Movies

  • 1977
    Chuquiago

    Chuquiago

    Chuquiago

    81977HD

    Racial, social and cultural aspects of La Paz (called Chuquiago by the Aymaras) seen through four stories.

    Chuquiago
  • 2017
    Exote: Filming Of The Wandering Soap Opera

    Exote: Filming Of The Wandering Soap Opera

    Exote: Filming Of The Wandering Soap Opera

    102017HD

    A documentary recorded during the filming of "The Wandering Soap Opera" by Raúl Ruiz. Made in 1990 and completed 27 years later, in 2017. The...

    Exote: Filming Of The Wandering Soap Opera
  • 2009
    Nucingen House

    Nucingen House

    Nucingen House

    6.32009HD

    Surreal gothic comedy about a gambler who wins a strange Chilean mansion and takes his frail wife there.

    Nucingen House
  • 1974
    The Expropriation

    The Expropriation

    The Expropriation

    6.41974HD

    The film captures the activities of the inhabitants in the countryside, in southern Chile, and the CORA (Corporation for Agrarian Reform). Although...

    The Expropriation
  • 1985
    The Castaways of Liguria

    The Castaways of Liguria

    The Castaways of Liguria

    51985HD

    A fire started by Harry Thompson destroys the Liguria, a legendary ship of the 19th century, and its treasure of gold and diamonds sinks in the sea....

    The Castaways of Liguria
  • 1978
    The Suspended Vocation

    The Suspended Vocation

    The Suspended Vocation

    61978HD

    The film centers on a Dominican monk named Jérôme (played by one actor in colour and another actor in black-and-white) and his...

    The Suspended Vocation
  • 1986
    Dans un miroir

    Dans un miroir

    Dans un miroir

    01986HD

    A man comes to visit an acquaintance who is supposed to be sick and talks to his sister while he is waiting.

    Dans un miroir
  • 1978
    The Divisions of Nature

    The Divisions of Nature

    The Divisions of Nature

    6.61978HD

    Ruiz on the film: "Les Divisions is a documentary about the Château de Chambord and the title comes from the Divisione of Johannes Scotus...

    The Divisions of Nature
  • 1987
    Professor Taranne

    Professor Taranne

    Professor Taranne

    61987HD

    Professor Taranne, a conceited university Professor, is subject to several absurd and disquieting incidents from the world surrounding him. He is...

    Professor Taranne
  • 1980
    Of Great Events and Ordinary People

    Of Great Events and Ordinary People

    Of Great Events and Ordinary People

    71980HD

    In 1978, Ruiz was commissioned to make a television documentary about the French elections from the viewpoint of a Chilean exile in Paris’...

    Of Great Events and Ordinary People
  • 2002
    Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody

    Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody

    Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody

    6.32002HD

    An experimental four-part 2002 Franco-Chilean digital video series written and directed by Raúl Ruiz. The first part won a FIPRESCI Award at...

    Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody
  • 2003
    A Place Among the Living

    A Place Among the Living

    A Place Among the Living

    5.92003HD

    A mediocre pulp novelist is approached by a stranger claiming to be a serial killer with a proposition to chronicle his crimes.

    A Place Among the Living
  • 1979
    Dog's Dialogue

    Dog's Dialogue

    Dog's Dialogue

    6.51979HD

    A charming tale of murder, perversity and narrative echoes told through shots of barking dogs and a La jetée-like series of stills.

    Dog's Dialogue
  • 1973
    La Victoria

    La Victoria

    La Victoria

    01973HD

    The young Marcela leaves her small Chilean village and travels to Santiago in order to find work as a secretary.

    La Victoria
  • 2004
    Edipo

    Edipo

    Edipo

    5.52004HD

    The film was made from the show Edipo Iperboreo (1989), directed by Ruiz. The shooting took place in Buti (Villa Medicea, Castello di Buti and the...

    Edipo
  • 1978
    The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting

    The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting

    The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting

    7.11978HD

    Two narrators, one seen and one unseen, discuss possible connections between a series of paintings. The on-screen narrator walks through...

    The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting
  • 1994
    The Clandestine Journey: Lives of Saints and Sinners

    The Clandestine Journey: Lives of Saints and Sinners

    The Clandestine Journey: Lives of Saints and Sinners

    01994HD

    A surreal travel drama, shot on Sicility with Italian actors. IlViaggio Clandestino is a film about saints and sinners. Whether you areblessed or...

    The Clandestine Journey: Lives of Saints and Sinners
  • 1992
    Dark at Noon

    Dark at Noon

    Dark at Noon

    6.41992HD

    In this mystical comedy, Felicien has traveled to Portugal from France soon after the end of the First World War. It seems that his recently deceased...

    Dark at Noon
  • 1984
    Vanishing Point

    Vanishing Point

    Vanishing Point

    5.81984HD

    An island retreat. A man, his face bandaged, plays cards nonchalantly. His ex-wife arrives. Conversations happen.

    Vanishing Point
  • 2012
    Ballet aquatique

    Ballet aquatique

    Ballet aquatique

    5.52012HD

    In one of his very last projects, Raul Ruiz celebrates the films of his historical predecessor Jean Painlevé, a documentary innovator whose...

    Ballet aquatique